• What are weapons of mass destruction?
Weapons of mass destruction are chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
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  • What countries possess nuclear weapons?
America, China, Russia, France, India, The United Kingdom, Pakistan, and North Korea

  • Why do we have so many weapons of mass destruction?
The policy for our military has been the same ever since 1950, the M.A.D. policy. M.A.D. stands for Mutually Assured Destruction meaning that if we are attacked by a foreign force, and some of our munitions are destroyed then we will still have enough in reserve to destroy our enemy.

  • What countries have ever used a nuclear weapon for military purposes?
Only America has used nuclear weapons for military purposes

  • How can weapons of mass destruction be used?
Weapons of mass destruction can be used or dispersed through missiles, rockets, bombs, artillery shells, aerosol sprays, water, food, and gases.

  • What stops countries from using openly using weapons of mass destruction against each other?
To the dismay of some very little stands in the way of countries and their use of these types of weapons. Treaties and agreements have been put in effect to limit use of weapons of mass destruction but the main reason for the restraining of WMD use is the fear that other countries that have WMDs will use them to aid their allies which had just been recently attacked.